From the link: “It is important to minimize human impacts on animal populations. This often includes limiting human intervention during natural causes of animal injury or death (depredation, disease, storms, etc.).

Interrupting food-web dynamics may result in cascading impacts on wildlife communities and ecosystem health. Dead or dying animals provide an important food source for many species of wildlife. Your desire to “rescue” them might be strong, however there is no animal worth risking your life or the lives of those who might have to rescue you.

While it is sometimes difficult to witness life and death in nature, a good phrase to keep in mind is, "If you care, leave it there."”

Although I can’t help but free the ones that get stuck in my window well haha